"Oh no, I can't fly at launch and skip all the content! Looks like I won't be pre-ordering!"

That is one of the dumbest pseudo arguments you could hear. I can skip content by simply not doing it regardless if flying is enabled or not.
Running away from mobs on the ground is also possible, i prefer to stun and walk away from anything that manages to dismount me than to engage in combat.
Fly paths and whistle does that too.

In mechagon we had jetpack. In nazjatar we had deepcoral bud, skipped everything I didn't need for Q.

In fact, Im not interested in anything other than dungeons and raids until flying is enabled. Why would I? Doing some fun stuff in open world is much better with flying.

That is one of the dumbest pseudo arguments you could hear. I can skip content by simply not doing it regardless if flying is enabled or not.
Running away from mobs on the ground is also possible, i prefer to stun and walk away from anything that manages to dismount me than to engage in combat.
Fly paths and whistle does that too.

In mechagon we had jetpack. In nazjatar we had deepcoral bud, skipped everything I didn't need for Q.

In fact, Im not interested in anything other than dungeons and raids until flying is enabled. Why would I? Doing some fun stuff in open world is much better with flying.

Yeah, retail wow is old and tired at this point. Having played since 2005, and having flying since TBC (what was that again? 2007?), I don't really want to play anymore if I have to deal with tedious bullshit / no flying.

Slight necro but whatever... I think this is the expansion where they bring back Pathfinder and finally opinion swings 100% against it and everyone admits that it sucks, then it's gone next expansion. They should remove it not to stay ahead of the negativity.

Originally Posted by Metallourlante

It's not supposed to be fun, we are not in 2009. It's supposed to be frustrating and keep you hooked longer.

That is one of the dumbest pseudo arguments you could hear. I can skip content by simply not doing it regardless if flying is enabled or not.
Running away from mobs on the ground is also possible, i prefer to stun and walk away from anything that manages to dismount me than to engage in combat.
Fly paths and whistle does that too.

In mechagon we had jetpack. In nazjatar we had deepcoral bud, skipped everything I didn't need for Q.

In fact, Im not interested in anything other than dungeons and raids until flying is enabled. Why would I? Doing some fun stuff in open world is much better with flying.

Kaminaris: Doing stuff in the open world is fun with flying I don’t want anything to do with the open world without flying.

Also Kaminaris: I skip over everything that is not exsactly my current quest when I have flying.

I don't mind pathfinder, just don't make it timegated till one of the latest patches.

This. I'd rather have Pathfinder part 1 unlock flying in launch content and then have patch content zone flying unlocked separately with part 2 than have Pathfinder 1 and 2 unlock flying in both launch content and 9.1/9.2 content like it did in BfA.

You forgot the best option - remove flying in current content completely.

Short of the best option - having people at least have to complete some of the current content first seems like a reasonable compromise.

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Indeed, not as good has having no flying in current content - but one can't have everything.

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I mean by the time flying is unlocked, 8.0 (or in this case 9.0) content is hardly relevant anymore other than the occasional 4 world quests for the emissary boxes.

Because it is account wide - it is still useful for those that don't like playing the game, so there is still some benefit for them.

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Originally Posted by matrix123mko

I would remove the rep gate.

Why - there is almost no effort required in the reputation side of it, because it doesn't require exalted and because rep doesn't need any grind these days - the rep is a trivial requirement.

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